Employer’s Labour Law Review

Last Thursday, 25 August 2022, iHRSL brought employers and HR professionals together again to continue their review of the six labour bills proposed by the Ministry of Labour and Social Security (MLSS). Two representatives from MLSS also attended to help clarify certain provisions. The proposed bills – Employment, Worker’s Compensation, Work Permit, Occupational Safety and…

Public Utilities Trade Group Agreement published

The Public Utilities Trade Group Negotiating Council has published its latest agreement, dated 9 August 2022, with the terms of the agreement applying to all workers other than those discharging supervisory functions in any organisation within the Public and Private Telecommunications, Electricity, Courier/Postal, Dock/Port, Health and Water Sectors in Sierra Leone. Click here to view…

HCD Roundtable

The Institute of Human Resources Sierra Leone (iHRSL) held a Round Table Discussion on 20th April 2022, bringing together key stakeholders and participants to discuss and strategise on how best to advance the HCD discussions and provide support to the implementation of human capital development as part of the Sierra Leone National Plan. The objective…

Employer’s Labour Law Review

On 28 July 2022, iHRSL, supported by Country Lodge Hotel, brought together over 40 employers from various sectors to review six labour bills proposed by the Ministry of Labour and Social Security. The proposed bills – Employment, Worker’s Compensation, Work Permit, Occupational Safety and Health, Overseas Employment and Migrant Workers, Industrial Relations Trade Union –…

TIME TO TALK

by Afriqia HR Solutions One of the big elephants, and there are many, in Sierra Leonean workplaces remain to be how we approach staff wellbeing and more specifically how we approach conversations around Mental wellbeing with our most valuable assets, our people. Through a series of approaches, during 2021, Afriqia HR Solutions will embark on…

NEW TVET COALITION STEERING COMMITTEE ELECTED FOR THE MANDATE 2021-2023

At an extraordinary meeting of the TVET Coalition, held on 9 February 2021, Mr. Ngolo Thomas Katta, Commissioner of the National Youth Commission (NAYCOM), Sierra Leone, was elected Chairman of the newly elected Steering Committee. Mr. Katta succeeds Mr. Christopher Forster, President of Sierra Leone Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture, whose term of office…